Vehicle-wheel.



T. E. MU RRAY.

4 VEHICLE WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2, 1914.

1,139,894.. Patented May 1 1915.

THOMAS MURRAY, 01? NEW YORK, N. Y.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May s, 1915.

Application filed October 2, 1914. Serial No. 864,558.

To all evhom it may concern Be it known that I, THoMAs E. MURRAY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Vehicle- W'heels, of which the following is a specification.

The invention is a vehicle wheel formed of sheet or thin metal, and has for its object to simplify and cheapen the construction. Said Wheel comprises a hub formed with an annular spoke-receiving member and a tubular axle-receiving member detachably secured in the central opening of the annular member, so'that these parts may be conveniently assembled or separated for repair or other purposes.

In the accompanying drawingsFigure 1 is a front elevation of the hub of my wheel. showing the inner ends of the spokes in place therein; the outer portions of the spokes being broken away and a portion of the hub being removed to exhibit the internal construction in section. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 00, w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the hub, certain of the spokes being removed to show the spokereceiving openings.

Similar numbers and lettersof reference indicate like parts. I

The hub of my wheel comprises a tubular axle-receiving member, generally indicated at A, and an annular spoke-receiving member, generally indicated at B. The annular spoke-receiving member receives the tubular axle-receiving member in its central aperture, and the two parts are detachably secured together, as hereinafter described, so that they may be separated whenever desired.

The tubular axle-receiving member A comprises the.cylindrical portion 1 having an integral flange 2 and preferably a projection 3 closed at its outer end by any suitable cap or cover, indicated at 4.

The annular spoke-receiving member comprises two annular disks 5, 6, having their circumferential edges inwardly turned and approximated. Openings 7 are formed in said edges to receive tubular spokes 8, and the approximated edges between said spoke openings are homogeneously united, as by spot welding. Between the disks 5, 6 isa circular band 9 homogeneously united at its edges to the inner faces of said disks. Said band is concentric with the cylindrical portion 1 of the axle-receiving member A. The spokes 8 when placed in the openings 7 are seated at their ends upon the band 9.

The two disks 5, 6 and the band 9 welded thereto form a structural unit. Into the central opening in said-disks the cylindrical part 1 of said tubular member may be removably inserted, the disk 6 then bearing against the hub flange 2. Upon the protruding rear portion of part 1 is placed a ring 10, through which and through the flange 2 and disks 5, 6 extend theheaded bolts 11 disposed, as shown in'Fig. 1, between the spokes, and binding spoke-receiving member B and the axle-receiving member A together.

I claim:

1. A vehicle Wheel, comprisin a hub formed with two annular disks having their outer circumferential edges inwardly turned and homogeneously unlted and provided with spoke openings in said edges, a cir-s cular band interposed between said disks and united thereto at its edges, and a tubular axle-receiving member entering the central opening in said disks anddetachably secured thereto.

2. A vehicle wheel, comprising a hub formed of twoannular disks having their outer circumferential edges lnwardly turned and homogeneously united and provided with spoke openings in said edges, a circular band interposed between said disks and united thereto at its edges, a tubular axlereceiving member entering the central opening in said disks andprotruding beyond said opening, a flange on said axle-receiving member, a ring on said protruding end of said tubular member, and removable bolts extending through said disks, said flange and said ring. 1

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, THOMAS E. MURRAY. Witnesses:

GERTRUDE T. Pon'rER, MAY T. MCGARRY. 

